IT'S NEVER OVER TILL IT'S OVER!!

THE  PHRASE  "IT'S  NEVER  OVER  TILL  IT'S  OVER"  HAS  BECOME  A  FAMOUS  SAYING  IN  NORTH  AMERICA.

SO  TODAY  FEBRUARY  20TH  2014,  WE  HAD  THE  LADY'S  "ICE  HOCKEY"  FINAL  IN  THE  WINTER  OLYMPICS  -  IT  WAS  THE  USA  AGAINST  CANADA.

THE  USA  TEAM  OVER  THE  LAST  FEW  YEARS  HAVE  BEATEN  CANADA   A  NUMBER  OF  TIMES;  YES  CANADA  BEAT  THE  USA  IN  THE  LEAD  UP  QUALIFYING  GAMES.

BUT  THE  FAVORITES  FOR  THE  GOLD  WAS  THE  USA  TEAM.

AND  ....  WELL  I  THOUGHT  IT  COULD  GO  EITHER  WAY.  THE  FIRST  PERIOD  AND  SECOND  PERIOD  SHOWED  YES  IT  COULD,  EVEN  WITH  THE  USA  TEAM  HAVING  THE  1  TO  0  GOALS.

IT  WAS  MY  SWIMMING  DAY  AT  NOON,  SO  THINKING  IT  MAYBE  WAS  TIME  THE  USA  WON  THE  GOLD [CANADA  WINNING  THE  LAST  3  WINTER  OLYMPICS  WITH  GOLD  OVER  THE  USA]....OFF  I  WENT  SWIMMING,  THINKING  THE  USA  WOULD  PROBABLY  WIN  THIS  TIME  AROUND.

AFTER  SWIMMING  AND  LEAVING,  ONE  WOMAN  WAS  ALL  EXCITED  THAT  THEY  HAD  GONE  INTO  OVERTIME;  THE  CANADIANS  HAD  BEEN  DOWN  BY  2  TO  0  AND  HAD  COME  BACK  IN  THE  LATTER  PART  OF  PERIOD  THREE  TO  TIE  IT  AT  2  GOALS  EACH.

IT  WAS  NOT  UNTIL  I  GOT  INTO  MY  CAR  AND  TURNED  ON  THE  CANADIAN  NEWS  THAT  I  LEARNED  CANADA  HAD  SCORED  THE  SUDDEN  DEATH  GOAL  AND  WON  THE  GOLD  ONCE  MORE.

I  WAS  JOYED  THAT  LITTLE  CANADA  [population  against  the  USA] HAD  WON,  YET  I  SURE  COULD  SYMPATHIZED  WITH  MANY  OF  THE  USA  TEAM  MEMBERS,  CRYING  AFTER  THEIR  LOSS.  THEY  REALLY  SHOULD  HAVE  HAD  IT  IN  THE  BAG  AS  THEY  SAY.

WELL  IT  WILL  BE  A  GAME  FOR  THE  HISTORY  BOOKS  FOR  SURE.

TALKING  ABOUT  ICE  HOCKEY.

CANADA  [MEN'S  TEAM] ONLY  JUST  SQUEAKED  BY  LATVIA  -  YES....WHO?  YES  THE  UNKNOWN  TEAM  OF  LATVIA.

AS  ONE  CANADIAN  COMMENTATOR  SAID  DURING  THE  GAME,  "YOU  HAVE  UNKNOWN  LATVIA  PLAYING  160  MILLION  DOLLAR  CANADIAN  TEAM.....AND  CANADA  HAVING  BIG  TROUBLES  BEATING  THEM."

ALL  THIS  BRINGS  TO  MIND  THE  CRAZY  "SPORTS  WORLD"  IN  SOME  SPORTS,  WITH  TEAM  MEMBERS  GETTING  MILLIONS  OF  DOLLARS  A  YEAR  TO  PLAY.... WELL  LIKE  ICE  HOCKEY  IN  NORTH  AMERICA,  FOR  ONE   PRO  TEAM  GAME,  AS  ONE  EXAMPLE.

LADY'S  AND  MEN'S  ICE  HOCKEY.

CONTINUING  TO  TALK  ABOUT  ICE  HOCKEY.  THE  RULES  THAT  THE  LADY  TEAMS  PLAY  UNDER  [NO  BODY  CHECKING]  AND  THE  FULL  FACE  MASK;  THAT  SHOULD  BE  THE  WAY  FOR  THE  MEN  ALSO.

THE  ROUGHNESS  AND  OFTEN  JUST  BRUTALITY  IN  MEN'S  HOCKEY,  WELL  IN  THE  AGE  TO  COME  [AND  THERE  IS  NO  REASON  TO  THINK  ICE HOCKEY  WILL  NOT  BE  PLAYED  AS  A  TEAM  SPORT]  THE  RULES  WILL  BE  AS  THE  LADY'S  PLAY  UNDER.  

IT  WILL  BE  JUST  PLAIN  SKILL  AS  A  TEAM,  WITH  GODLY  SPORTSMANSHIP  AT  ALL  TIMES.

THERE  WILL  UNDER  THAT  AGE  OF  RESTITUTION  OF  ALL  THINGS,   BE  NO  ATTITUDE  OF  "WIN  AT  ALL  COSTS."

SO  TEAM  USA,  I  CAN  UNDERSTAND  YOUR  CRYING  AFTER  LOOSING  TO  CANADA,  WHEN  YOU  PRETTY  WELL  HAD  IT  IN  THE  BAG.

BUT  AS  THE  SAYING  GOES,  "IT'S  NOT  OVER  TILL  IT'S  OVER."
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